John Bull Bleeding

This is a
poster showing Vansittart and Castlereagh, as surgeons, bleeding
coins from the arms of John Bull. The coins are collected by Prince
Leopold, Princess Charlotte, a tiny McMahon, a Chinese mandarin, and
the gouty Regent. Brougham, stands on the left, pointing a finger at
John Bull, saying, "Retrench! Johnny, Retrench! practise [sic] a
little more Economy." The poster has the following caption at the
bottom, "State physicians bleeding
JohnBull to death!!"

It was created
in London, and published by F. Sidebotham in 1816.

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